Visit of General Franck Reignier, commander of the French armed forces in the southern zone of the Indian Ocean (FAZSOI)

General Franck Reignier, Commander in Chief of the French Armed Forces in the Southern Indian Ocean (FAZSOI), was in Botswana for the second time, one year after his first visit, in the framework of our bilateral defense cooperation.

The FAZSOI provide a most valuable contribution to this cooperation through expertise and training sessions held either in Botswana or on the French island of La Réunion, in the Indian Ocean.

The reception given by the Ambassador, HE Mrs Anne de la Blache, at the French Residence, on the evening of December 2nd, was an opportunity to celebrate the Victory of Austerlitz on the 2nd of December, 1805 as well as the famous cadets from the Saint-Cyr Military Academy whose glorious military achievements started there and whose motto remains today : “Training for Victory”.